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Ameobi scored Bolton's opening goal in the victory over Rotherham, and Parkinson added: “Maybe three or four years ago Sammy might have looked to come off the field for that, but he was closing down their full-back right to the end.

“We have got the usual bumps and bruises you’d expect from a hard-fought game, but we’ll get the players in, assess them and then pick the right team to get a result against Stoke.”

Victory over Rotherham ended a run of 13 games without a win for Bolton, but they remain third from bottom of the Championship in the final relegation place.

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Parkinson remains confident Bolton can enter 2019 outside of the bottom three. They go to Hull City on New Year’s Day, and he is banking on generating some momentum by getting a result against a Stoke side still smarting from their 2-0 defeat at Birmingham City last time out.

He said: “It can turn around. Despite the run we have been on, we’re not adrift at the bottom of the table.

“We’re in a position where we can get out of that bottom three. That’s got to happen at the weekend.”